So the wife is working on Saturday, which means I might be able to get out for a few hours with no impact . . . . haven't suggested Sunday. I'll have to keep an eye on the wind forecast. Was wishing I could get out today, but that was not possible due to work & lawn.

Location? I'm thinking maybe St Charles East Side tomorrow afternoon. I won't free up until noon at the earliest, so I probably would not be out there until 1:30 or 2 pm. I know it's not that close for you tmadz, but maybe we'd entice some of the northern guys to show up . . . .

makatakam wrote:I read the entire St. Charles Park District Rules and Regulations, and the only prohibited kiting activity is making an ascent on or in one. In other words, riding the kite.

Yep, that's pretty much what I thought. But it's a losing argument at the moment without the regulations in hand. I had the exact same discussion with a forest preserve cop about four years ago.

So perhaps we need to print that page of the regs and keep them in our bags.

Print the whole thing, high-light the kite part. Actually, if you read the part about team sports, basketball, soccer, etc., you could say they were violating more regs than we were. You could say that playing soccer is more dangerous than flying kites, with that "compressed-air-launched" missile hurtling uncontrolably all over the place, that could hit a bystander in the head. The kid who lives two doors south of me plays soccer and broke his leg, multiple fractures while playing this Spring. The cast came off two weeks ago. Never heard of a kiter breaking a leg, other than power kiters, maybe.

Also, they are not allowed to interfere with any "legal" activity in which you may be engaged. So you could technically be sitting there watching the grass grow and complain that the soccer game is interfering with that and ask them to stop the game or move the game elsewhere. Seriously, read the team sports section.

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MARK

"...it's a fair wind blowin' warm, out of the south over my shoulder, guess I'll set a course and go." CSN&Y